clinical
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˈklɪnɪkəl/
:
desapasionado
- I think these conversations can be kind of clinical and, and abstract.
- clinical depression
- clinical psychology
- clinical significance
I think that we like to think that code is something almost clinical, but it's preordained.
- I think that we like to think that code is something almost clinical, but it's preordained.
- And afterwards you all went in the showers and it was cold and clinical.
- Rashford, two goals, one assist, won a great game, clinical.
- And if you do manage to have sex with someone like this, it feels very surgical and clinical without any closeness or emotion.
- We, we and we, they're very, very clinical, very professional, very Arsenal, you know, blah, blah, blah.
- That's so clinical about taking Judi Dench and he went, I take it back right.
Examples
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His voice was bland, almost clinical, as if he were lecturing to an academy.
Fiction book (1997) -
I just feel like everyone's ordering everyone else around and being really clinical about everything.
Fiction book (1994) -
A little too clinical, I think.
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We're faced with a clinical example.
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The problem is, it's too clinical.
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Very clinical, no emotions to get in the way.
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After exposure to trauma, fears can move from normal to abnormal or clinical in nature.
Academic text (2008) -
The doctor provided a clinical assessment of the patient's condition, focusing solely on the facts and data.
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Her clinical approach to the problem allowed her to make unbiased decisions without emotional interference.
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In a clinical setting, the researchers observed behaviors without letting their personal feelings affect their analysis.
Synonyms
62
4.1
Unable to feel or show emotion after something upsetting
46
4.4
Not interested or showing no strong feeling about something
27
5.5
A person who is not affected by personal feelings and shows little emotion
24
6.8
Not showing much interest or energy
14
6.7
Not letting strong feelings affect your judgment
11
7.1
Not showing any feeling on the face or in the voice
11
4.4
Not showing strong feelings
11
5.5
Not showing feelings on the face or in the voice
1
5.5
Having little feeling in the face or voice
1
7.6
Not showing strong feeling when judging something
1
9.3
A person who shows no emotion in the face or voice
1
9.9
Having no feeling in body or mind and no pity
A person or thing that shows very little feeling in the face and voice
Does not show feelings openly to other people
Showing no feelings on the face or in actions
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
67
3.9
A controlled test with people to see if a new medicine is safe and works
- Specialized
20
4.1
A trained person who helps people with mental or emotional problems by talking with them
- Specialized
8
3.9
A serious mental illness doctors diagnose that causes long deep sadness and loss of interest and often needs treatment
- Specialized
3
4.0
The part of psychology that finds and treats mental health problems
- Specialized
3
3.7
A carefully controlled study giving a new medicine or device to people to see if it is safe and works
- Specialized
1
4.3
The first test of a new medicine on a small group to check safety, side effects, and safe dose
- Specialized
1
5.0
A large study that tests a medicine's effects and side effects before approval
- Specialized
The study of the body that helps doctors diagnose and treat patients
- Specialized
Part of medicine that finds and treats problems of the brain and nerves
A glass tube with mercury that measures body temperature
- Specialized
A study done after a drug is approved to check its safety and how well it works in many people
- Specialized
A medical test with more people to see if a treatment works and check for side effects
How Emotional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clinical (the same root as clinic) also came to mean 'not emotional' because doctors had to watch and judge patients calmly and without strong feeling. That's why clinical can describe a cold, scientific way of speaking or acting with little personal feeling.